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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 5,065 | 3,859 | 76.7 | 75.2-78.2 | 1,206 | 23.3 | 21.8-24.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,676 | 1,277 | 76.6 | 74.0-79.0 | 399 | 23.4 | 21.0-26.0 |
Female | 3,389 | 2,582 | 76.8 | 75.0-78.5 | 807 | 23.2 | 21.5-25.0 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 3,445 | 2,608 | 76.0 | 74.2-77.7 | 837 | 24.0 | 22.3-25.8 |
African American | 1,043 | 778 | 76.0 | 72.7-79.0 | 265 | 24.0 | 21.0-27.3 |
Asian | 45 | 37 | 75.3 | 54.3-88.7 | 8 | 24.7 | 11.3-45.7 |
Native American | 115 | 85 | 71.4 | 59.3-81.1 | 30 | 28.6 | 18.9-40.7 |
Other Minorities | 388 | 331 | 83.9 | 77.8-88.6 | 57 | 16.1 | 11.4-22.2 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 404 | 347 | 84.1 | 78.1-88.6 | 57 | 15.9 | 11.4-21.9 |
-English Speaking | 135 | 111 | 79.9 | 69.1-87.5 | 24 | 20.1 | 12.5-30.9 |
-Spanish Speaking | 269 | 236 | 85.7 | 78.1-91.0 | 33 | 14.3 | 9.0-21.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 4,658 | 3,510 | 75.9 | 74.3-77.4 | 1,148 | 24.1 | 22.6-25.7 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 356 | 290 | 80.6 | 75.1-85.1 | 66 | 19.4 | 14.9-24.9 |
25-34 | 1,550 | 1,459 | 94.5 | 92.7-95.8 | 91 | 5.5 | 4.2- 7.3 |
35-44 | 1,891 | 1,442 | 76.5 | 74.0-78.8 | 449 | 23.5 | 21.2-26.0 |
45-54 | 920 | 481 | 54.9 | 50.9-58.9 | 439 | 45.1 | 41.1-49.1 |
55-64 | 235 | 125 | 53.6 | 45.2-61.8 | 110 | 46.4 | 38.2-54.8 |
65-74 | 74 | 44 | 64.5 | 49.8-76.9 | 30 | 35.5 | 23.1-50.2 |
75+ | 20 | 5 | 28.3 | 10.9-56.0 | 15 | 71.7 | 44.0-89.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 689 | 522 | 79.0 | 75.1-82.4 | 167 | 21.0 | 17.6-24.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,495 | 1,091 | 73.7 | 70.8-76.5 | 404 | 26.3 | 23.5-29.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,340 | 1,029 | 75.3 | 72.1-78.2 | 311 | 24.7 | 21.8-27.9 |
College Graduate | 1,537 | 1,213 | 79.5 | 76.8-81.9 | 324 | 20.5 | 18.1-23.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 427 | 290 | 69.0 | 62.6-74.8 | 137 | 31.0 | 25.2-37.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 834 | 660 | 79.4 | 75.5-82.8 | 174 | 20.6 | 17.2-24.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 619 | 487 | 80.2 | 76.1-83.7 | 132 | 19.8 | 16.3-23.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 699 | 553 | 78.5 | 74.6-81.9 | 146 | 21.5 | 18.1-25.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 735 | 555 | 78.3 | 74.5-81.6 | 180 | 21.7 | 18.4-25.5 |
$75,000+ | 930 | 725 | 76.8 | 73.1-80.1 | 205 | 23.2 | 19.9-26.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,119 | 751 | 66.5 | 62.8-70.1 | 368 | 33.5 | 29.9-37.2 |
No | 3,913 | 3,083 | 79.4 | 77.8-81.0 | 830 | 20.6 | 19.0-22.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 373 | 281 | 75.2 | 68.9-80.6 | 92 | 24.8 | 19.4-31.1 |
Non-Veteran | 4,582 | 3,486 | 76.6 | 75.1-78.1 | 1,096 | 23.4 | 21.9-24.9 |
Currently Serving | 109 | 91 | 85.6 | 76.3-91.6 | 18 | 14.4 | 8.4-23.7 |
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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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